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The rise and rise of Peter Lim from a Singapore council flat to billionaire
investor is a classic rags-to-riches story. The son of a fishmonger, Lim
shared his two-bedroom flat with 11 other family members as a child before
fighting his way clear of poverty to emerge as the “King of the Remisiers”
by the end of the 1980s with an estimated wealth of $1.6 billion (about £1
billion).

Lim excelled at the Raffles Institution school in Singapore before moving to
Perth, Australia, to complete his studies. After forging a reputation as a
fearsome trader, Lim built his fortune by